- Giovanni Kronenberg
Solo show
Renata Fabbri arte contemporanea is delighted to start the new season with the solo show by Giovanni Kronenberg, who is presenting a series of new artworks specifically conceived and realized for the exhibition.
The exhibition mainly collects sculptures and drawings, pointing out the typical peculiarities that the artist has been carrying on for years: artifacts or rare, precious natural finds – the artist likes to literally define them as “not consumed from the gazes” – that are often collector’s items, on which he contributes with insertions and little transformation that put different ages, usually not connected one’s another, in contact. Through actions like twisting, blockage, replacement, overlapping – but also, on the contrary, by temporarily and ephemeral interventions.
The construction of combinatory grammar underpins Kronenberg’s work, a language that acts on the slow sedimentation of the evocative quality inherent in objects and on the subsequent alteration of those ones through forms of intrusion.
The habit of laying most of his works down on the floor, avoiding any kind of supports or stands, represents a very distinctive artist’s characteristic, which enables the objects to live the space freely.
Giovanni Kronenberg was born in 1974 in Milan, where he lives and works.
A special thanks to z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome.
Renata Fabbri arte contemporanea is delighted to start the new season with the solo show by Giovanni Kronenberg, who is presenting a series of new artworks specifically conceived and realized for the exhibition.
The exhibition mainly collects sculptures and drawings, pointing out the typical peculiarities that the artist has been carrying on for years: artifacts or rare, precious natural finds – the artist likes to literally define them as “not consumed from the gazes” – that are often collector’s items, on which he contributes with insertions and little transformation that put different ages, usually not connected one’s another, in contact. Through actions like twisting, blockage, replacement, overlapping – but also, on the contrary, by temporarily and ephemeral interventions.
The construction of combinatory grammar underpins Kronenberg’s work, a language that acts on the slow sedimentation of the evocative quality inherent in objects and on the subsequent alteration of those ones through forms of intrusion.
The habit of laying most of his works down on the floor, avoiding any kind of supports or stands, represents a very distinctive artist’s characteristic, which enables the objects to live the space freely.
Giovanni Kronenberg was born in 1974 in Milan, where he lives and works.
A special thanks to z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Amethyst, rock crystal, 71x30x10 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Rooster back, elastics, 23x8x5 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, The Republic of Immortals, 2017Wooden mannequin, fat, 78x20x20 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Ostrich egg, cement, 11,5x14x12 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Colored pencils on paper, 103x73 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Empirical Conversation of a Silence into an Alphabet, 2017Desert rose, powder cobalt pigment, 80x30x57 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Rooster's back, elastics, 20x13x6 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi.
Giovanni Kronenberg, Untitled, 2017Black graphite, yellow graphite, white paper, 103×73 cm. Ph. Emanuele Bianchi
The work of Giovanni Kronenberg (Milan, 1974, lives and works in Milan) comprises essentially sculptures and drawings: unusual or rare objects and natural artifacts – like rocks and stones, minerals and precious crystals, horns, bones, furs, sea sponge and ostrich eggs – which the artist defines as “not worn out by gazes”. Often collectible objects, Kronenberg operates on them with minimal insertions and transformations that bring together distant times, often unreachable. Through actions like twisting, occluding, replacement, and superimposition – but also, on the contrary, using slight and temporary interventions – the artist crafts unexpected objects with an eccentric, magnetic, and at the same time disturbing presence. The creation of a “combinatorial grammar” is the operation at the core of his work: a language that effects the slow sedimentation of the evocative qualities inherent in objects, on their subsequent alteration, through forms of intrusion. This relation between objects and reality, mostly ambiguous and elusive, also represents a key to Kronenberg’s drawings. Here, the image, suspended in an abstract dimension, gives rise to a space without references that seems to translate the figure’s presence into a kind of epiphany or apparition.
Among his recent solo shows: Renata Fabbri, Milan (2024, 2017 and 2020); Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (2023); z2o Sara Zanin, Rome (2016, 2019 and 2022); Quartz Studio, Turin (2020); Galleria Fuoricampo, Siena/Brussels (2014); and Studio Guenzani, Milan (2006, 2007 and 2012). Recent group exhibitions include: Museo Civico Villa La Rinchiostra, Massa (2021); Museo Diocesano, Foligno (2021); z2o Sara Zanin, Rome (2020); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2020); Civic Medieval Museum, Bologna (2020); Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza (2013); MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (2012); The Polish Institute of Rome (2012); Nomas Foundation, Rome (2012); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2011); Castello Colonna di Genazzano, Genazzano (2010); Peep-Hole, Milan (2009 and 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Lugano (2009); MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome (2007); Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (2008); Arte all’Arte X, San Gimignano (2005); Viafarini, Milan (2004 and 2005); and Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (2003).
The work of Giovanni Kronenberg (Milan, 1974, lives and works in Milan) comprises essentially sculptures and drawings: unusual or rare objects and natural artifacts – like rocks and stones, minerals and precious crystals, horns, bones, furs, sea sponge and ostrich eggs – which the artist defines as “not worn out by gazes”. Often collectible objects, Kronenberg operates on them with minimal insertions and transformations that bring together distant times, often unreachable. Through actions like twisting, occluding, replacement, and superimposition – but also, on the contrary, using slight and temporary interventions – the artist crafts unexpected objects with an eccentric, magnetic, and at the same time disturbing presence. The creation of a “combinatorial grammar” is the operation at the core of his work: a language that effects the slow sedimentation of the evocative qualities inherent in objects, on their subsequent alteration, through forms of intrusion. This relation between objects and reality, mostly ambiguous and elusive, also represents a key to Kronenberg’s drawings. Here, the image, suspended in an abstract dimension, gives rise to a space without references that seems to translate the figure’s presence into a kind of epiphany or apparition.
Among his recent solo shows: Renata Fabbri, Milan (2024, 2017 and 2020); Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (2023); z2o Sara Zanin, Rome (2016, 2019 and 2022); Quartz Studio, Turin (2020); Galleria Fuoricampo, Siena/Brussels (2014); and Studio Guenzani, Milan (2006, 2007 and 2012). Recent group exhibitions include: Museo Civico Villa La Rinchiostra, Massa (2021); Museo Diocesano, Foligno (2021); z2o Sara Zanin, Rome (2020); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2020); Civic Medieval Museum, Bologna (2020); Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza (2013); MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (2012); The Polish Institute of Rome (2012); Nomas Foundation, Rome (2012); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2011); Castello Colonna di Genazzano, Genazzano (2010); Peep-Hole, Milan (2009 and 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Lugano (2009); MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome (2007); Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (2008); Arte all’Arte X, San Gimignano (2005); Viafarini, Milan (2004 and 2005); and Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (2003).
- Giovanni Kronenberg
Curated by the Curatorial Collective of students from the Luiss Business School
COSMO Trastevere, Rome
Piazza di Sant’Apollonia, 13
December 18, 2024 – January 15, 2025
Opening December 18, 7.30 pm – 22.30 pm
- Giovanni Kronenberg
Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
December 14 – February 23, 2024
Opening Saturday December 14, h. 11.30
Curated by Saverio Verini
- Giovanni Kronenberg
Palazzo Maccafani, Palazzo Iannucci and the streets of Pereto, L’Aquila
July 14 – August 18 2024
Opening Saturday July 13, 5pm-8p
- Sophie Ko,
- Serena Vestrucci,
- Giovanni Kronenberg
Museo del Novecento, Milan
April 10 – June 30, 2024
Curated by Mariuccia Casadio
